In article ch.edu>, Daniel J. Stern wrote:
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> http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/16/for...les/index.html
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> I'd say it's unbelievable, but it's not. Ford's got a long and, uh,
> glowing track record of this kind of stupid ****. What's novel about this
> one is the cause: this time it's not poorly-designed alternators or
> poorly-designed ignition switches or poorly-designed transmission parking
> pawls or poorly-designed fan clutches or poorly-designed gas tanks causing
> Fords to be deathboxes. This time, it's the cruise control deactivation
> switch that causes parked, unattended, switched-off Fords to
> self-immolate.

This is not a new story and you've ranted on it before as I recall.